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It’s N7 Day (November 7), the day on which BioWare enjoys celebrating all things BioWare — but mostly Mass Effect. Historically, the developer has spent this particular day talking about its best releases, while briefly letting fans know what’s to come. Today, the company offered a small teaser on Mass Effect 5 — or whatever it names the next Mass Effect. If you’ve been concerned about the game’s development, fear not....

Through the ages, gamers have clamored for one thing: a game that allows you to fight both in your flight craft and on foot. That desire has taken us on a road littered with corpses like Battlecruiser Millennium. Will Black Skylands join it among the rotting bodies of its peers? Or will it fly gloriously, blasting broadsides at the clouds? But first off, the story. The Earth in Black Skylands has experienced an oopsie woopsie, so everyone now lives on floating islands and sky ships....

Earlier today on the official World of Warcraft website, Blizzard announced the two-month-long roadmap for the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King Classic expansion for World of Warcraft Classic. The official launch date of this addition is Sept. 26, but there are a number of pre-patch events worth noting on the way to the official release. Wrath of the Lich King Classic Pre-Patch Roadmap The first date of note on the roadmap released earlier today is Aug....

Blizzard is doing what it can to alleviate any concerns its community may have about microtransactions in Overwatch 2. This follows on from the news that the company is ditching its predecessor’s lootboxes in favour of a seasonal battle pass and in-game store. As shared by Twitter user Portergauge, earlier this year Blizzard asked those taking part in the Overwatch 2 beta their thoughts on paying $45 for the new, highest rarity, skin in the upcoming sequel....

Customization has always been an important part of the Borderlands series, an element that can clearly be seen through the use of skill trees for each of the four character classes. Borderlands 2 added in the quick change station as a way to customize the look of the players’ character through skins and heads. However, Borderlands 3 takes things a step further than its predecessors by not only bringing back the quick change station, but also adding in different weapon skins that can be applied as well....

Borderlands 3 will once again offer cross-play support for PlayStation players “later this spring”. It comes almost a year after Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford stated that PlayStation cross-platform support would be cut from an upcoming Borderlands 3 patch without explaining why. The decision was then reversed last month, again without explanation. Confirmation came by way of the official Borderlands Twitter page, which finally gave us a window - if not yet an exact date - as to when PlayStation players will be able to hook up with their pals on other platforms: spring 2022....

This Brooklyn Nine-Nine review contains spoilers. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 7 Episode 4 It’s been a while since we last Jimmy Jabbed, but clearly these games should have made a comeback a lot sooner. “The Jimmy Jab Games II” is the first standout episode of Season 7, reveling in the high-stakes world of having fun with your friends. Really, that’s what the episode is all about; hanging out with the characters we enjoy and watching them in increasingly silly situations....

It’s the end of an era, as Bungie has announced that they’ll be finally switching off their own Halo website next month, taking the archive of pre-2012 Halo to Halo Reach screenshots, stats and custom gametypes with it. The news was spotted by PC Gamer in the studio’s regular This Week at Bungie post, where community manager Dylan Gafner wrote: “On February 9, the halo.bungie.net website will be taken offline permanently....

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Havoc DLC will release on PS4, PS3 and PC on February 26, Activision has announced. The DLC made its debut on Xbox One and Xbox 360 last month, introducing the game’s brand new Exo Zombies mode and four new multiplayer maps. A bonus weapon – the AE4 directed energy assault rifle – is thrown in as well. Havoc cost £11.59 on Xbox so expect a similar price on PlayStation and PC....

The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is less than a day away. Before launch, Treyarch has made major improvements to various aspects of the game. The patch notes are extremely detailed in all areas and demonstrate how much Black Ops Cold War has improved since the beta. As expected, the launch of the full game brings new game modes. This includes Search and Destroy, as well as hardcore variants....

This week sees the PS4 release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s third map pack Absolution, and with it a launch trailer. Absolution features four new multiplayer maps and a new addition to the extremely popular Zombies saga. It features Elvira Mistress of the Dark. So, grab a tool and start banging. Fight in all-new locations as you shoot your way through a mini-golf park in Fore, the frozen inner city of Permafrost, a ocean-themed shanty town in Bermuda and a reimagining of Modern Warfare 3’s Resistance, now known as Ember....

The Call of Duty franchise has never been one to shy away from bold DLC choices, being the first to instigate and risk a high-priced DLC map pack that many analysts thought was a bad idea. Instead, the company generated record profits from DLC and has put forth relatively expensive - and equally successful - map packs since. With Activision CEO Bobby Kotick’s belief that the strength of the continued success relies on DLC-based profits, many are wondering what the next Call of Duty can do to draw in the same amount of profits - and Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey believes he found the answer: Item-Based Sales....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons just revealed a whole bunch of new and colorful features during its Nintendo Direct for those planning to pick it up on March 20. From choosing the hemisphere to personally designing furniture, New Horizons looks to be the best life release in the series to date. Here are all the notes, summarized by Polygon. To begin with, instead of showing one or two different island designs and making players “reroll” so to speak to get the one they like, four different islands will be displayed at once....

When you first start up a new game in Animal Crossing New Horizons, Tom Nook will be busy getting you acquainted with the basics of island life, including sleep. While you wait for your house to be built, you’ll need to live in a tent. After the first day of getting used to your new surroundings, you’ll be told to go to sleep. The problem is, it’s not entirely clear how to do this....

When you hop into a match of Apex Legends, there is always a goal for you to work towards. Included, is climbing the ranks in the ranked playlist, collecting a variety of skins and cosmetics, reaching level 500, and more. Previously, the level was capped at 100, which players found easy to achieve. In response, Respawn Entertainment boosted the maximum level to 500. However, the same situation has occurred in regards to the new maximum level....

Respawn Entertainment unveiled the gameplay trailer for Apex Legends Season 4 today. It showcases a bit of the newest Legend, Revenant, and the new changes to the World’s Edge map. Season 4 has taken the name “Assimilation,” which is fitting, seeing how the map now features a robotics facility gone wrong and the newest Legend is a “nightmare simulacrum.” World’s Edge World’s Edge was once home to a facility run by Hammond Robotics....

Ara: History Untold is a turn-based strategy that lets you reshape the history of the world, and it’s coming to PC in 2023, on PC Game Pass. Check out the announcement trailer for the game below: The description reads: “Ara: History Untold delivers an evolution in turn-based historical grand strategy. Your choices will define the world you create, your experience, and your legacy.” The developer is Oxide Games, who previously made Ashes of the Singularity....

A fresh batch of freebies has arrived on the Epic Games Store, with this week’s offerings coming in the form of dinosaur survival adventure Ark: Survival Evolved and the video game adaptation of acclaimed board game Gloomhaven. This isn’t Ark: Survival Evolved’s first outing as an Epic freebie - it was given away in June 2020 - but if you’re a survival fan who hasn’t yet given it a look, it’s still probably worth checking out....

Overwatch players have realised that Ashe’s Halloween skin makes her almost unplayable because the Viper rifle sights are totally changed, as reported by Dexerto. The Halloween Terror event is one of the most popular and well-loved events in the game, and it kicked off on October 15, one week later than expected. The roster of heroes receive spectacular and spectral skins that are coveted by players, like Scorpion Widowmaker, Will-O-Wisp Tracer, and Pharaoh Ana....

A swarm of stowaway Asian gypsy moths threatened to delay a launch shipment of last year’s Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes, Disney Interactive’s vice president of production John Vignocchi has revealed. The moths were being carried across the Pacific to the US on the same container ship as some of the game’s Starter Packs, forcing the US Department of Agriculture to step in to prevent the insects from coming ashore....